Newser, utility written in go to generate a pdf with news content
I've gotten myself a Supernote A5X (awesome device btw) and since it doesn't have a web browser or anything I've wanted to have a way to read news on it. I've hacked together this utility in a couple of days and it works wonders for me personally so I thought it might be interesting to others. It can also be used as a noise free newspaper generator as it removes images/ads/links and other noisy stuff. https://github.com/lnenad/newser (there is a screenshot of the first page of the generated pdf) It scrapes (news) websites for content and puts it into a pdf. For…
Newser, utility written in go to generate a pdf with news content launched on February 20, 2022 with 47 votes, #914 of 2,645 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
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Newser is a Go-based utility that scrapes news websites and generates clean PDFs for reading on e-readers and other devices without web browsers. It removes images, ads, and links to create distraction-free news content. Users can set up daily automated runs to maintain fresh news PDFs in their preferred directory. Currently supports several tech news sites including The Verge, Ars Technica, and Engadget.
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I've gotten myself a Supernote A5X (awesome device btw) and since it doesn't have a web browser or anything I've wanted to have a way to read news on it. I've hacked together this utility in a couple of days and it works wonders for me personally so I thought it might be interesting to others. It can also be used as…
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